No. 16 Virginia Tech beat Miami 71-56 in ACC's

ACC TOURNAMENTVA TECH FACING MIAMI , FL === TECH FORWARD TY OUTLAW WAS HONORED IN THE PREGAME WITH THE BRADLEY SPIRIT AND COURAGE AWARD === HE SHOWED PLENTY OF SPIRIT IN THE FIRST HALF OUTLAW WAS SMOKIN' FROM DOWNTOWN HE HIT FOUR FIRST HALF THREES TO GO WITH THREE REBOUNDS TO STAKE THE HOKIES TO AN EARLY DOUBLE DIGIT LEAD === 2ND HALF KERRY BLACKSHEAR DROPS A DIME FOR ISAIAH WILKINS WHO PUTS IN THE LITTLE REVERSE LAY IN

WILKINS WITH 10 POINTS === LATER, IT'S NICKEIL ALEXANDER- WALKER WITH THE DISH TO BLACKSHEAR WHO FLUSHES IT DOWN HE HAD 19 POINTS AND 10 REBOUNDS === TECH MOVES TO THURSDAY'S QUARTERFINALS TO FACE FLORIDA STATE WITH THE 71 TO 56 WIN

"TY IS A HUGE THREAT AND CHICO IS A HUGE THREAT AND WHEN THOSE 2 GUYS GET IT GOING IT OPENS UP FOR KJ BECAUSE GUYS CAN'T SIT BACK ON HIM AND NICKEIL CAN EASILY PENETRATE AND GET TO THE LINE AND THAT'S GREAT" "I THINK IT'S BEING DISCIPLINED I MEAN WHEN YOU ARE UP THAT MUCH AND A TEAM MAKES A RUN YOU SAY ALRIGHT WHATEVER THE GAME IS PRETTY MUCH OVER BUT I THINK IT'S ABOUT JUST CONTINUING TO FOCUS ON WHAT WE SOW AND NOT WHAT WE REAP AND GOING IN EVERY POSSESSION AND BEING IN THAT MOMENT LIKE EVERY POSESSIOIN IS OUR LAST ONE BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT COULD HAPPEN CINDERELLA STORIES HAPPEN IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE"